Belle Plaine vs Elko New Market

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Plaine and Elko New Market: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Plaine and Elko New Market are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belle Plaine has the higher population (7,401 vs 4,915 in Elko New Market). Elko New Market has the higher median household income ($147,381 vs $96,831 in Belle Plaine). Elko New Market has the higher median home value ($407,400 vs $280,400 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Elko New Market
Population	7,401	4,915
Median age	38.2 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,831	$147,381
Median home value	$280,400	$407,400
Median gross rent	$1,336	$2,311
Housing units	2,696	1,682
Homeownership rate	83.4%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Elko New Market
Population	7,093 → 7,401 (+4.3%)	4,657 → 4,915 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$79,513 → $96,831 (+21.8%)	$123,294 → $147,381 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$217,400 → $280,400 (+29.0%)	$298,500 → $407,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,336 (+59.0%)	$899 → $2,311 (+157.1%)

Belle Plaine

Population

7,0937,401

Median household income

$79,513$96,831

Median home value

$217,400$280,400

Median gross rent

$840$1,336

Elko New Market

Population

4,6574,915

Median household income

$123,294$147,381

Median home value

$298,500$407,400

Median gross rent

$899$2,311

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	Elko New Market
Under 5	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	5.8%
75 and over	8.9%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Elko New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	80.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Elko New Market
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Elko New Market
Drove alone	81.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	20.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Elko New Market
1-unit, detached	80.5%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Elko New Market
Poverty rate	2.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.67	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1998	2004